{"id":143496,"date":"2026-01-30T02:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T02:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/143496\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T02:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T02:27:09","slug":"2-detained-after-police-deploy-tear-gas-flash-bangs-on-barricaded-armed-robbery-suspects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/143496\/","title":{"rendered":"2 detained after police deploy tear gas, flash bangs on barricaded armed robbery suspects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police said they are looking for a third person who may have been involved<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">SAN ANTONIO \u2013 The San Antonio Police Department detained two people barricaded in a vacant apartment after a call for an armed robbery Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Police responded to the robbery around 10:45 a.m. at an apartment complex in the 3500 block of Pin Oak Drive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A security worker told authorities that he was robbed at gunpoint by three people while performing a routine check of the complex.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Responding officers identified two people who matched descriptions provided by the victim.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">SAPD said the two people ran into a vacant apartment and barricaded themselves. Police said the suspects \u201ctunneled through walls\u201d of the apartment\u2019s drywall as they evaded authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">SWAT was called to the scene and deployed tear gas and flash bangs to bring the suspects out of the apartment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The two people were taken into custody. Police said one of the suspects was \u201cdefinitely involved\u201d with the robbery but the other person could have \u201cgot involved by accident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Police said there is \u201cno sign\u201d of the third person who may have been involved. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cWe don\u2019t know where he may have been hiding or if he actually kept going,\u201d an SAPD officer at the scene said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">SAPD said the complex is a known location for squatters. 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